Not backing down and refusing to quit, when indicative of assertive righteousness, are all well and good — but “graceful exits” are clearly an unknown quantity to the one-man circus. Otherwise, he would have slipped obliquely out of sight a good long while ago — and apparently, he still might not intend to do so, even after the bloodbath the Democratic primary for NYC mayor next week is going to be for him. Via The Hill:

Bill Brandt, a close friend of Weiner’s wife, Huma Abedin, said Weiner’s campaign will clear the way for a future run for office.

“The truth of the matter is he’s been beaten up now for two months nonstop. When he does something for the future, it will be fair of him to say ‘asked and answered’” when reporters ask him about his personal life, said Brandt, who is also a long-time supporter of Bill and Hillary Clinton.

“I’m pretty certain he’ll find his equilibrium and move forward from there. He is a quintessential New Yorker. When you talk about the politics of the city and the state, there are a lot of offices where he can offer phenomenal service,” he added. …

“I do believe he’ll stay in public service,” said Jim Sideris, a retired cop from Flushing, Queens, and one of Weiner’s most loyal volunteers. “I don’t believe he’ll ever back down. …

Weiner remains coy on whether he’ll run for office again, refusing to acknowledge his race for mayor has become a lost cause.

“I don’t imagine I’ll serve more than two terms so eventually I’ll have to return to something else,” he said. “Once you’ve been mayor, there’s no other job in politics that really adds up.”

Honestly, as absurd as it sounds, I almost wouldn’t even be surprised if he pressed on, maybe in some smaller race in the near-ish future. From whence he’d summon any amount of money and support after the degree to which he’s been so humiliatingly diminished, beats me — but given the level of egotistical delusion it’s currently taking for him to continue to convince himself that he’s fit for public office clearly knows no bounds.

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I’m not buying Mr. Sideris’ assumption. Weiner’s not in public service. He’s in it for himself. Just another reason I now support term limits. Professional politicians offer nothing of value to the country.

He has to keep running to keep control of his campaign funds. If he retires it all goes back to the government. If he controls his campaign funds he can donate some of them to other politicians and voila “there are a lot of offices where he can offer phenomenal service” as they say. So if he keeps running he keeps his options opened.

These days they’re called Animal Rescue Officer and are issued a gun, taser, bullet proof vests and drive around in an armored car in teams. Getting kitty and Fido out of an abusive home is a lot harder than it used to be.

He has a compulsive disorder. He will just go back to doing what he does best: sending dick pixs to young women. And who would employ him? Do you really want to have a guy who does that at work? And he will. I guess you could demand his smartphone but you know he would refuse to turn it over.

I hope these tools wear buttons that say, “I’m a Weiner supporter”. It is a matter of time before Huma divorces him – she is on a mission and Weiner is a loser… in more ways than one. Perhaps he can get on with Chippendales.

After the primary he’ll be out of the national spotlight, I pray!
He’ll try for local offices; city council seat etc.
Locally he’ll be a pain in the rear but this boil on the national butt will, I hope, be lanced.

“I’m pretty certain he’ll find his equilibrium and move forward from there. He is a quintessential New Yorker. When you talk about the politics of the city and the state, there are a lot of offices where he can offer phenomenal service,” he added. …

And the amazing thing about this is that he continues to talk about his little problem as though it’s over, done, and will just recede into the dim past. “I made a mistake, but that’s behind me now” has been the mantra. The future’s so bright he’s gotta wear shades.

But really, there’s no reason to believe that he has any control over this behaviour at all, and in all likelihood fresh instances will continue to come to light. And each time, it’ll be treated as though there was no history, as though there were no predictions. Over and over. Lather, rinse, and repeat. It’s interesting to speculate that he may, in fact, have bottomed out already, and that there may actually be a floor below which it’s impossible for a Democrat popular figure to fall, no matter what he does.